American Jewish Congress

Identifier: 004592
Dates: 1905
Type of Entity: Corporate Body

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American Jewish Congress and World Jewish Congress index cards
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn502007
- English
- 1940-1948
- boxes 8
- Updated 1 year ago
The American Jewish Congress (AJC) and World Jewish Congress (WJC) index cards primarily consist of an index to Holocaust survivors and war victims in Europe requesting aid through the AJC and WJC and American sponsors who volunteered to provide assistance. Additional index cards comprise sponsor reply cards, an index to members of the American‐Polish Medical Alliance, miscellaneous activities of the AJC and WJC, and an alphabetical index of Aufbau articles. The index to requests for aid and sponsors tracks requestors, sponsors, and assignments made between them. Most cards provide minimal ...
Die Lage deutsch-jüdischer Flüchtlinge in den USA 1933 - 1944
1. Manuskripte
2. Studien- und Qualifikationsarbeiten
- Institut für Zeitgeschichte–Archiv
- MS 277 / 1
- German
- 1977
- Manuskripte 2 + 132 Seiten
- Updated 10 years ago
u.a. statistische Übersicht der Flüchtlingseinwanderung in die USA, Ausländerfeindlichkeit und Antisemitismus in den dreißiger Jahren, Phasen der Flüchtlingspolitik von Roosevelt, Hilfsmaßnahmen, Wohnort und soziale Mobilität, Arbeitssuche und berufliche Umstellung, Strukturveränderungen in der Familie; Mschr., Xer.
Dr. Frank Mortara collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn595035
- English
- 1942-1947
- folders 10
- Updated 1 year ago
Collection of documents, correspondence, clippings, articles, invitations, fundraising solicitations, memorandum, lists, petitions, pamphlets, broadsides and other material from multiple aid organizations in the United States to assist Jewish refugees including the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe, American League for a Free Palestine, Italian Jewish Emergency Committee, United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York on behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee, American Jewish Congress, World Jewish Congress, Gruppo Assistenza Bambini Ebrei d'Italia [Committee for the Wel...
General Jewish Council. Selected records.
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn558354
- English
- 1938-1942
- folders 5
- Updated 1 year ago
Constitution, meeting agenda, press releases, statements, memoranda, and similar documents, from the General Jewish Council (New York, NY), relating to its efforts to raise public awareness of the threats of Nazism and antisemitism, and to mobilize individuals and organizations in the United States to combat antisemitism, 1938-1942. The documents, which were mimeographed copies that were distributed to member organizations, were collected and housed in one volume at the library of the American Jewish Congress at time of distribution, and were later withdrawn from that library. In addition t...
Jacob Robinson papers
1. Jacob and Nehemiah Robinson collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn86034
- English
- 1915-1977
- boxes oversize box 11 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The Jacob Robinson papers include personal and professional papers created and collected by Dr. Jacob Robinson, mainly as part of his work at the Institute for Jewish Affairs in New York City during and after World War II. The collection largely relates to legal and academic discussions about the Holocaust, war crimes trials, and reparations. The personal photographs are largely pre-war photographs of the Robinson family in Lithuania during the 1920s and 1930s, with a few wartime and post-war snapshots and professional portraits. The personal papers consist of some educational documents and...
Joseph Tenenbaum papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn554130
- English
- 1908-1990
- boxes oversize boxes oversize folders 13 8 8
- Updated 1 year ago
The collection documents the career of urologist, author, and activist Joseph Tenenbaum, originally of Sasów, Poland. Included are biographical materials, correspondence, writings, subject files, photographs, and scrapbooks that document his medical career; his writings on medical topics, Judaism, and the Holocaust; his involvement in Jewish organizations such as the World Jewish Congress, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, and the Zionist Organization of America; and his work as the founder and chairman of the Joint Boycott Council of the American Jewish Congress (1933-1941...
Oral history interview with Lisa Tyre
1. Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn515649
- English
- 2 sound cassettes (60 min.),
- Updated 1 year ago
Oral history interview with Max Findling
1. Oral history interviews of the Holocaust Resource Center at Kean University collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn504775
- English
- 3 videocassettes (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- Updated 1 year ago
The World Jewish Congress Geneva Office records
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn515768
- English
- 1939-1955
- 249 microfilm reels, 35 mm 10 diskette,
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains correspondence of the Geneva Office of the World Jewish Congress with organizations from Switzerland and from other countries and with the International Red Cross and the United Nations; papers and speeches of the head of the Geneva Office, Gerhart Riegner; wartime reports of the Relief Committee for the War-Stricken Jewish Population (RELICO); chronological files related to accounts, restitution and rehabilitation; minutes of the Geneva WJC meetings; and various periodicals and printed materials.
The World Jewish Congress New York office records. Series A (Central Files)
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn513879
- English
- 1919-1971
- 118,722 digital images, TIFF 103 microfilm reels, 35 mm 10 CD-ROMs, 4 3/4 in.
- Updated 1 year ago
The Central Files (1919-1971) contain the history of the World Jewish Congress (especially prior to 1940); correspondence and other materials of important World Jewish Congress leaders (Stephen S. Wise, Nahum Goldman, Israel Goldstein and Administrative/Executive directors of the New York office: Abraham S. Hyman, Monty Jacobs, Yehuda Ebstein, Greta Beigel); and minutes and other records of plenary assemblies, conferences, and committee meetings. The Executive Committee files include material from the South American, European, and Israeli Branches of the Executive. Significant subjects cove...
The World Jewish Congress New York office records. Series B (Political Department)
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn518228
- English
- 1919-1977
- 164,759 digital images, PNG 141 microfilm reels, 35 mm 19 CD-ROMs, 4 3/4 in.
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains records of the Political Department represented the WJC with governments and international organizations such as the United Nations, the Organization of American States, and the Council of Europe. Records relate to the departmental activities reflected antisemitism, human rights, migration, minorities, genocide, statelessness, prosecution of war crimes, relations between Christians and Jews, peace and disarmament, reparations, the situation of Jews in specific countries (notably the USSR and North Africa). Contains also papers of three persons: Maurice L. Perlzweig, Robert S. Marcu...
The World Jewish Congress New York Office records. Series C (Institute of Jewish Affairs)
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn516006
- English
- 1940-1970
- 383,813 digital images, PNG 333 microfilm reels, 35 mm 41 CD-ROMs,
- Updated 1 year ago
The World Jewish Congress collection consists of the records of the New York Office of the organization. The Institute of Jewish Affairs, Series C, contains records of investigation of antisemitic legislation and activities, persecution of war criminals and war crimes, restitution for victims of the Holocaust, subjects relating to Jewish life and related problems such as minorities, migration, and human rights. The Institute produced reports for submission to the United Nations and other bodies.
The World Jewish Congress New York Office records. Series E. Culture Department
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn35886
- English
- 1934-1974
- 14,846 digital images, JPEG 13 microfilm reels, 35 mm
- Updated 1 year ago
The Series E (Culture Department) consists of correspondence of the department directors, Simon Federbush and Wolf Blattberg, together with reports, publications, and other material pertaining to the activities of the New York branch of the Culture Department. Material in the series includes correspondence of the first director, Simon Federbush (1945–circa 1950) and the second director, Wolf Blattberg (1950–1958), who joined the department in 1945. After Blattberg's death in 1958, Greta Beigel assumed his responsibilities for cultural work. Included in Blattberg's files is correspondence wi...
The World Jewish Congress New York Office records. Series F (Organization Department)
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn519166
- English
- 1942-1976
- 30,343 digital images, JPEG 34 microfilm reels, 35 mm 5 CD-ROMs, 4 3/4 in.
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains records relating to activities of the Organization Department: fundraising (until May, 1946); producing reports on WJC activities for affiliates and on the situation of Jewish communities world wide; organizing commemorations (notably for anniversaries of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising) and celebrations; preparing for plenary assemblies and conferences; and maintaining relations with other Jewish organizations. Included in the series is correspondence with or about communities; records concerning commemorations, conferences, and affiliation; together with mimeographed materials (“stenc...
The World Jewish Congress New York Office records. Series H (Alphabetical Files)
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn524458
- English
- 1919-1981
- 460,776 digital images, JPEG 401 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains records of the World Jewish Congress, New York Office, Series H (Alphabetical Files). Records of Series H are sub-divided into four sub-series. Sub-series 1. Alphabetical Files, A-Z, 1919-1981, comprises the bulk of the series, consisting of 370 boxes. Although the materials in this sub-series span the years 1919-1981, the bulk is concentrated in the 1940s to the 1960s. Sub-series 2. Monty Jacobs International Files, 1949-1973, consists of approximately two boxes and contains alphabetically arranged international files of Monty Jacobs, Press Director and Executive Director in the 1...
The World Jewish Congress New York Office. Series D. Relief and Rescue Department
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn518454
- English
- 1940-1950
- 2,444 digital images, TIFF 131 microfilm reels, 35 mm 16 CD-ROMs, 4 3/4 in.
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains records relating to social relief and rescue activities, location of survivors, immigration and migration, refugees, displaced persons, extermination of Jews, reaction to Hitler's Final Solution, and relations with international relief organization including the UNRAA and Red Cross. Seven sub-series of World Jewish Congress New York Office records, Series D contains the following files: 1. Executive files, 1939-1969: The majority of the material deals with applications and affidavits for individual immigration cases; 2. Immigration Division, 1940-1953: Includes correspondence and r...
The World Jewish Congress Stockholm office records
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn514036
- English
- 1928-1982
- 13 microfilm reels, 16 mm
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains correspondence and other records from the Stockholm office of the World Jewish Congress.